Mr. Bruce Carson has a history of fraud convictions and was convicted on five counts dating back to the 1980s and 1990s before he was hired as an advisor to PM Harper. The Prime Minister still has not explained why he would hire a convicted fraudster to be his chief policy
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Random Ranting Raving and Ratings: Charged with Influence Peddling – Ex-Harper Senior Advisor
Mr. Bruce Carson has a history of fraud convictions and was convicted on five counts dating back to the 1980s and 1990s before he was hired as an advisor to PM Harper.
The Prime Minister still has not explained why he would hire a convicted frau…
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Charged with Influence Peddling – Ex-Harper Senior Advisor
Mr. Bruce Carson has a history of fraud convictions and was convicted on five counts dating back to the 1980s and 1990s before he was hired as an advisor to PM Harper. The Prime Minister still has not explained why he would hire a convicted fraudster to be his chief policy
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Ethical Oil charity complaint sparks Alberta corporate complaint
Commentator Ezra Levant lets go a broadside at Tides Canada on his Sun News Network program. Below: Researcher Tony Clark; Jamie Ellerton, executive director of Mr. Levant’s Ethical Oil Institute; National Revenue Minister Gail Shea. As is well known, the “Ethical Oil Institute,” the Edmonton-based organization founded by Sun News
Continue readingUnderlooked Stehepn Harper quotes P6: Miscellaneous
Part 6 of underlooked Stephen Harper quotes. Part one, two, three, four and five here. Reform-Alliance takeover He [Stephen Harper] credits Manning for at least calling for a united alternative but notes the option is ‘seriously flawed’ because it is essentially a Reform to take over the Conservative Party. 04/1998
Continue readingUnderlooked Stehepn Harper quotes P6: Miscellaneous
Part 6 of underlooked Stephen Harper quotes. Part one, two, three, four and five here. Reform-Alliance takeoverHe [Stephen Harper] credits Manning for at least calling for a united alternative but notes the option is ‘seriously flawed’ because …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the War Olympics
Well the Olympic Games are finally over, and I must say I enjoyed the show, from the stunning beginning to the wild and wonderful end. I thought the Brits did an amazing job, I was proud of all our athletes, whether they won a medal or not. And the only
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: My Stop Harper Video Collection
There is no shortage of Stop Harper videos on YouTube. A recent YouTube search yielded 3,740 hits, and I’m sure one could find more with a more refined search. Ever since Brigette DePape interrupted the Speech from the Throne with her iconic stop sign, activists have been inspired to amplify
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Distilled democracy: Tory 2% to vote on Aug. 25 in Calgary Centre nomination race
Candidate Rick Billington serenades well-heeled Conservative residents of the Calgary Centre federal riding during Stampede week back in July. Actual Alberta politicians may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Departed MP Lee Richardson and busy candidates Joan Crockatt and Jon Lord. I’d throw in a photo of the real Mr.
Continue readingUnderlooked Stephen Harper quotes P5: Canadian indepedence
Part 5 of underlooked Stephen Harper quotes. Part one, two, three and four here. Quebec and Americanism/CorporatismAnd ironically, says Mr. Harper, that same aspect of Quebec’s social distinctiveness is what makes it unsuitable for independenc…
Continue readingUnderlooked Stephen Harper quotes P5: Canadian indepedence
Part 5 of underlooked Stephen Harper quotes. Part one, two, three and four here. Quebec and Americanism/Corporatism And ironically, says Mr. Harper, that same aspect of Quebec’s social distinctiveness is what makes it unsuitable for independence. ‘The only real independence is economic independence’ he says. ‘When you don’t have
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Canada lost 30 400 jobs in July & apologists blame the global economy
This is the kind of news Stephen Harper and the Conservatives would wish you didn’t hear. That’s because it debunks the self-made myth that they’re competent economic managers. They want us to believe that Canada survived the recent global recession better than most countries because of them. And, they’re rapidly
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Great Furry Leader and the Nasty Pipeline
Good golly Miss Molly. Who needs Pussy Riot when we got Stephen Harper? And could this possibly be true? Could he really be a changed man, as his new/old image would suggest? Could he really have morphed into a Great Purry Furry Leader who now loves scientists, isn't going to
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Tales from the political root cellar: Alberta’s liberal War on Spuds and the Harper election strategy
David Swann in Alberta’s political root cellar, contemplating all those potatoes. Actual Alberta politicians may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: The real David Swann, Alberta’s likely reaction to his quixotic efforts. Perhaps it’s just as well that Dr. David Swann, former leader of the Alberta Liberals still toiling away
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Stephen Harper finds Science – Well Not Really
Could it be that Prime Minister Harper has discovered the existence of science? The headlines across the country are declaring the PM says that “Science, not politics, will determine outcome”. It is enough to give fans of evidence based policy goose bumps. Well… ..
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Stephen Harper finds Science – Well Not Really
Could it be that Prime Minister Harper has discovered the existence of science? The headlines across the country are declaring the PM says that “Science, not politics, will determine outcome”. It is enough to give fans o…
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Stephen Harper finds Science – Well Not Really
Could it be that Prime Minister Harper has discovered the existence of science? The headlines across the country are declaring the PM says that “Science, not politics, will determine outcome”. It is enough to give fans of evidence based policy goose bumps. Well… ..
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Harper tells a good joke.
That Stephen Harper – who knew he could be a comedian at times? Just look at the funny lines he told reporters in the last couple of days: “Decisions on these kinds of projects are made through an independent evaluation conducted by scientists into the economic costs and risks that
Continue readingUnderlooked Stephen Harper quotes P4: Harper is an eloquent polemic.
Part 4 of underlooked Stephen Harper quotes. Part one, two and three here. One party dictatorship and our fleeting Parliamentary democracy There’s a semi-famous paper written by Stephen Harper and Tom Flanagan when they were younger floating around the progressive pointing out, quite eloquently and accurately describing one of the biggest
Continue readingUnderlooked Stephen Harper quotes P3. Neo-nazis and right-wing extremists
Part three of the underlooked Stephen Harper quotes from the leaked documents.Part one and two here. Neo-nazis and right-wing extremists. He [Stephen Harper] likens the current anti-racism climate to medieval hysteria over witch-craft. ‘We’re talking about fighting unseen enemies,’ he says. ‘It’s getting spooky.’16/04/2001 To provide context, this was commentary
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